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Driver charged after boy dies in hot van

DALLAS (AP) — A day care center van driver has been arrested in the death of a 3-year-old boy found unconscious in the sweltering van outside the center.

Erica Hooks was arrested Thursday and charged with injury to a child. She's held without bond in Dallas County jail. No attorney for her is listed in jail records.

Police say Hooks drove a group of children from the day care center to a movie July 20, but the 3-year-old didn't leave the van upon their return. Investigators say the boy may have been in the van for two to 2½ hours before he was found. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Preliminary autopsy reports show the child died of heatstroke. The National Weather Service reports the high temperature in Dallas Friday was 105 degrees.